Art Essays

For my short essay I will focus on a postmodern reading of Joyce Carol Oates, “How I Contemplated the World from the Detroit House of Corrections and Began My Life Over Again.” More precisely, as a postmodern text. Postmodernism refers to texts that reject coherence in a narrative, objective truth, …

Often an author uses a character to represent the ideals of a society through their work of literature. However, in both Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, the authors also use their characters to represent the corruption within the ideals of both colonialism …

In the first-person narrative, “The Other side of the Hedge”, E.M. Forster depicts a man jogging through his neighbourhood. On the way home, he passes a hedge with a strange light shining out from behind it. He decides to explore the light and suddenly falls into a pool of water …

Jack’s behavior goes through a moral and social transformation when he paints his face. Jack paints his face red, black, and white before he goes hunting. He now looks scary to the other kids. “Beside the pool his sinewy body held up a mask that drew their eyes and appalled …

In William Faulkner’s short story “A rose for Emily”, a series of literary elements were used to effectively create the themes. In “A rose for Emily”, the main theme happens to be the search for love and security. Mr. Faulkner’s uses of literary elements were brilliant and played a vital …

Abstract This study was undertaken to determine the relationship of different wavelengths of light and the rate of photosynthesis in spinach leafs. The rate of photosynthesis was measured every five min under light colors of white, green, red, blue and yellow under a light intensity of 2000 lux. The rate …

The Renaissance was without a doubt the most powerful weapon that civilization has ever used to reflect and create their realistic pieces of art which represented the real humanistic spirit. There was an outstanding depiction of the Renaissance starting in Italy and then Northern parts of Europe. Anyhow, even though …

Don’t look at me is the first line of Christina Aguilera’s song “Beautiful.” This instant whisper from the voice of Aguilera creates an ashamed vibe for the song. It is spoken quietly and without any musical instrumentation. As the music softly and brilliantly builds up to the first verse listener’s …

In Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein desires to be a creature in essence to be “God”. His “want of substance” leads him to create a monster. After creating the monster Frankenstein abandons him. The monster is then left with an emptiness for want of brotherhood and love which leads to the death …

In most classic American literature, symbolism is ingenuously present and undoubtedly praised. In the novel The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane depicts the Civil War in a blatantly authentic manner. At the same time, he purposely creates a much deeper message through the usage of symbols. The novel is …